Posted on 05/03/2006 7:34:37 AM PDT by edpc
They have such whimsical names as heavenly blue, crimson rambler and pearly gates, and delicate blooms that crawl quickly up trellises.
But when morning glory seeds aren't planted -- when they are instead ingested -- whimsical thoughts can crawl through altered minds with kaleidoscope-like visions.
Kristy Peterkin, whose family owns Ayers Variety and Hardware, says the owners caught two teenage boys stealing "13 or 14 packs of these seeds."
And teenagers know this.
Once popular in the hippie era of the 1960s, morning glory seeds as a hallucinogen seem to have sprouted once again. Local gardening shops have noticed their seed stocks depleted by adolescent hands, and poison control centers in the District and its suburbs have received calls from hospitals with patients experiencing adverse reactions, or bad trips, from the seeds.
"They are certainly being used," said Chris Holstege, a doctor who runs Virginia's Blue Ridge Poison Center. "Kids are getting brighter. Between the Internet and magazines like High Times, they are learning about this."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
From the article.....
"You have to eat a lot of them," he said. "I know it lasts between six and eight hours." A friend of his had done it, he said, but he hasn't.
"I never felt I had enough time to sit there and eat 500 seeds," he explained.
It doesn't seem worth it, but people will do almost anything to get high.
Ban cut flowers! Long-stem ok.
500 seeds. Get a high and your daily intake of roughage.
These kids need jobs.
Tried it once about 35 years ago. No high but plenty of nausea and some vomiting. Not a lot of fun.
Sounds like another crisis. I guess the only thing we can do is make the plant illegal, expand the War on Drugs by millions and start generating junk-science reports. Oh yeah, and these morning glory seeds aren't like those in the 60s - the seeds produced today are WAY more potent. :-)
I'd like to invite the teens to clean up the morning glory seeds on our farm. LOL
The seeds of many species of morning glory contain d-lysergic acid amide, ergoline alkaloids better known as LSA. Seeds of I. violacea and R. corymbosa are used as hallucinogens. They are about 5% to 10% as potent as LSD. To discourage morning glory's use as hallucinogenic drugs, some commercial seed producers have started treating seeds with a chemical that will not wash off. This chemical has been known to cause vomiting, nausea and abdominal pain. Typically some form of a warning or notice is printed on the package if seeds have been treated.
Looks like someone didn't read the fine print on the package.....LOL.
I though the stuff was a weed and I pull it out when I see it. I didn't realize people bought seeds and actually planted the dang stuff.
The fact that you DIDN'T mention spraying them from cropdusters makes me think you aren't really serious about eliminating this scourge on our youth.
;->
I knew a couple of guys who tried jimson weed. Boy did they get sick.
"Everything old is new again".
Absolutely. If bindweed is so hallucigenic, maybe I only think I'm spraying it and I'm really drinking the spray or something.
Addiction Potential: Since Jimson weed's effects aren't generally considered pleasurable, addiction usually isn't a factor.
I guess they can attest to that.
Can't we just leave the cropdusters to Al Qaeda?
Duh - my bad. POsted before reading ALL of the previous posts. Sorry.
That was about the time my friends and I were smoking dried banana peel. Man, were we stupid.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.